I saw quite a few cars this year wrapped all the way around with
aluminum-type blankets. Candidly, I cannot recall if the engines were
running or not. There was enough noise in grid, and they were mostly S/SP
cars, and I never got close enough to tell. I rather assumed they were
keeping tire AND engine heat in that was already there.
Someone explain to me why we see some taking great measures to keep heat in
their tires, and others spraying their tires with water to cool them down?
Both extremes in S/SP classes. It's a puzzle to this P driver who wants the
engine to cool and the slicks to stay hot. :-)
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: <KWall73108@aol.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:26 PM
Subject: Tire warming at Nationals
> This tire warming subject ran just prior to the Nationals and there were
> several comments on people attempting to warm their tires in past
Nationals
> by wrapping the base of their cars with the engine running. The
commentary
> said these tire warming efforts were abandoned when the threat of protest
was
> given.
> I heard rumors that at the Nationals this year quite a few competitors
were
> wrapping the base of their cars and leaving the cars running. Was there
any
> discussion at the Nationals about protesting these kind of tire warming
> procedures? Did Howard Duncan have any input on these attempts at tire
> warming?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kevin Wallace
>
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